Price-tag holder and attaching device



April 17, 1928. 1,666,859

R. A. LEAGUE PRICE TAG HOLDER AND ATTACHIN G DEVICE Filed May 7. 1927 ea we WITNESS: ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 17, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENr oFFIcEL ROBERT -A. LEAG'U'E, OF GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.

PRICE-TAG HOLDER AND ATTACHING nnvIoE.

Application filed May 7,

selling price is disclosed by the tag on the plate.

To the attainment of the above broadly stated objects and others which will present themselves as the nature of the invention is better understood, the improvement also resides in certain other novel features of construction, combination and operative association of parts, one satisfactory embodiment of which is disclosed by the accompanying drawings. a

In the drawings: 6

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement in applied position. 1

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view approximately on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4: is a perspective view of the improvement looking toward the inner face thereof.

My improvement is designed to be clamped on a round can that provides a commodity holder or upon any other support which is round, in cross section. It will be noted as the description progresses that the improvement may be successfully attached to supports of different types which are of varying crossvsectional diameters.

In carrying out my invention I make use of aflat preferably metal plate 1. I bend the lower edge of this plate upwardly over the face thereof, as at 2. The flange '2 is spaced a slight distance from the plate. The

corners of the plate 1, opposite that pro-- vided with the guide flange 2 is formed with other guide flanges 3. It will be apparent that a price card 4 may be inserted between the guide flanges 2 and 3 and the plate 1 1927. Serial No. 189,651.

and effectively held in place by frictional engagement exerted thereagainst by the said guide flanges. Also by providing a space between the guide flanges 3 at the top of the plate the price card may be easily moved off of the said plate and replaced by another price card. The edges of the plate, at the corners thereof provided with the guide flange 2, are

formed with extensions which are rounded over the inner face of the plate and form what I will term ears 5.

ting the plate 1 and tions of the slits. The portion arranged centrally between the slits is bent over the back of the plate to provide a comparatively long eye or ear member 6. Received in this The guide flanges 3 are formed by slitbending the outer porear or eye 6 there is a wire member 7. The

wire member has its ends bent angularly in a downward direction, as at 8, and these portions 8 have their ends bent upon themselves and extended at an upward and inward angle or toward the part 7 of the wire, as indicated by the numerals 9. The portions of the arms 8 and 9 which are bent upon themselves are received in the ears 5 and the arms 9 have their outer portions bent rightangularly and arched or rounded, as at 10. The rounded portions 10 provide the jaws of the improvement. The wire is constructed of spring metal and consequently the jaws will exerta pressure toward each other, to more effectively bring the jaws 10 toward each other. The said jaws at their junctures with the arms 9 are connected together by the ends of a coil spring 11.

My improvement is of an extremely simple nature, may be cheaply manufactured and readily attached to and secured-on any cross sectionally rounded support.

Having described the invention, I claim:

A price card holder comprising a plate having one of its edges adjacent to its ends slit, and the portions of the plate, outward I of the slits bent over the faces of the plate to provide guide flanges, said plate having a lower guide flange, the portion of the plate between the mentioned slits beingbent over the back of the plate to provide an eye, ears 0n the inner face of the plate adjacent to and merging into right angularly arranged the lower corners thereof, a spring wire rearwardly extending round jaws which exmember received through the eye and havert a pressue toward each other and a spring 10 ing angle arms which are bent upon themconnected to the jaws for urging the same 5 selves to provide outer arms and which are toward each other.

received between the ears, said last men- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. tioned arms being inclined toward each other ROBERT LEAGUE. 

